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Vol.63 No.8 October 5-11, 2023
NEWS AND VIEWS YOU TRUST
US Commission on Civil Rights takes deeper look at By ALFRED GABOT, Editor in Chief MANILA/WASHINGTON - The United States and causes of Asian hate
US assures aid to PHL in case of attacks as China tension mount
the Philippines have launched expanded war exercises with new “Sama Sama” training and drills on Philippine shore, land and sea participated by several allies like the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Australia and France triggering new tensions with China. Page 9
Marcos, Duterte approval ratings take double digit dive Gov. Gavin Newsom
By Be�ng Laygo Dolor, Editor
Laphonza Butler
Newsom picks Butler to fill Feinstein’s vacant seat By Be�ng Laygo Dolor, Editor
SACRAMENTO - Knowing that the fallen Diane Feinstein had exceptionally large shoes to fill, figuratively speaking, California Governor Gavin Newsom chose Laphonza Butler to serve as the Golden State’s representative to the Senate. Feinstein passed away last week at age 90. Her three decades in the Senate made her the longest serving female US senator in history. Feinstein had shared a long friendship with former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who accompanied the fallen senator’s remains to San
Francisco in a plane from the president’s military fleet. Speaking of her friend, Pelosi said the loss was “obviously official, it’s political, and it’s very personal.” Pelosi added that Feinstein “was my neighbor, my friend. My family loved her personally, politically, in every way.” Feinstein’s remains will lie in state at San Francisco City Hall on Wednesday, to be followed by a family-only funeral service on Thursday. The senator leaves behind a property fortune of $102 Page 7
By Gilda P. Balan, Correspondent
SAN FRANCISCO - Many incidents evoke fear in the Asian and Asian-American community, but such incidents often go unreported because they do not meet the legal hate crime criteria. This is one of the conclusions of a recently released report from the US Commission on Civil Rights that studied the federal response to anti-Asian Page 6
Biden and VP Harris honor Fil-Ams on Filipino American History Month
WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris paid tribute to the contributions of FilipinoAmericans to the United States in commemoration of October as the annual Filipino American History Month. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the White House noted that Pres. BongBong Marcos and VP Sara Duterte. Filipinos and Filipino-Americans MANILA – President Ferdinand vey. “have helped forge the very idea There were several reasons cited of America.” Marcos Jr and Vice President Sara Duterte both suffered double digit for the fall including the high infla“This Filipino American Hisdives in their approval ratings, ac- tion that has caused the prices of tory Month, the Biden- Page 6 cording to the latest Pulse Asia sur- fuel and consumer goods Page 7
Groups remember Percy Lapid in PHL, US SC to Palace, Congress: Answer petition vs Maharlika Fund
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Donny, Belle shine at ABS-CBN Ball revival
Asian Games: Obiena wins gold; Gilas, Marcial in gold bouts
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